By Zephyria 
“You, you really… what are you doing…? Are you crazy?”
Mo Yeon-hu shook his head violently, his face turning pale as if he were looking at something utterly repulsive and creepy.
“Oppa?”
“Stop it.”
“Oppa, I’m starting to feel hurt.”
“What is there to be hurt about! And why the hell are you calling me Oppa!!”
“Because we’re newlyweds.”
Unlike Mo Yeon-hu, who was shouting as if having a seizure, Kwon Mi-eon remained perfectly relaxed.
“Newlyweds my ass! We agreed not to do that!”
“Ah… really?”
“Do you mean ‘really’?!”
He felt like he was going to explode.
“Hey, what are you doing acting like this right now? Look at the chat window. I bet everyone else is freaking out in shock…”
(Alliance) Oson-dosan: Oh; were Oh-jik and you dating?
(Alliance) heyua: Ah, he was already taken.
(Alliance) Mid-is-the-best: Wowㅠㅠㅠ I’m so jealous of Oh-jik hyungㅠㅠ
Mo Yeon-hu froze as he looked back at the screen.
“They’re jealous of our relationship.”
He had been certain the teammates would be shocked, but far from it, they were simply envious of Mo Yeon-hu for having a Supporter partner.
‘Because 47 isn’t here!’
That was right; this was a new place. If it were Alliance Members who knew Miu’s original personality and way of speaking, they would all be horrified, but there was no way these people knew that!
‘I miss them….’
Just as he began to miss the Alliance Members of 47, Kwon Mi-eon—who had been standing some distance away—suddenly clung to the side of Mo Yeon-hu’s character, performed a bandaging motion, and began healing him. Naturally, Mo Yeon-hu was bewildered.
“My HP is full….”
“Oh, is it?”
“I told you, I don’t need healing!”
“Yes… but?”
He wasn’t injured, and his HP was topped off.
“You’re my Oppa, so I have to take care of you.”
The insane Kwon Mi-eon knew no surrender, continuing to attempt healing while repeatedly calling him ‘Oppa, Oppa’…!
“Why am I your Oppa! N-no. Get lost!”
Utterly flabbergasted, Mo Yeon-hu moved his character to flee, scurrying up the watchtower.
But there was no way Kwon Mi-eon would just watch that happen. He stared intently at Na Oh-jik’s character, who had escaped his grasp and was rapidly climbing the watchtower to get away…….
Tatapatapata!
“Why are you chasing me!!”
Suddenly, he began following up the tower stairs like a madman! It looked like a scene from a horror movie, and as Mo Yeon-hu recoiled in disgust, Kwon Mi-eon came to a dead stop.
“…….”
“…….”
Mo Yeon-hu looked down, and Kwon Mi-eon looked up, standing with a single floor between them. Kwon Mi-eon spoke.
“Hyung, why aren’t you taking me with you?”
He sounded incredibly sullen, like a puppy caught in the rain.
“I belong to you, Hyung.”
He just blurted it out without any warning.
“Why do I belong to you?!”
“You’re the one who said it first, Hyung.”
“When did I!”
“No, you did.”
Kwon Mi-eon replied with a small smile.
“You told me not to heal other bastards, and since you and I are in love, to take care of you first. And you told me not to forget that we fell in love, and to be faithful to my duty and only to Hyung….”
That crazy Kwon Mi-eon…!
Unable to bear looking at the screen any longer, Mo Yeon-hu whipped his gaze away. He firmly resolved to give him a stern scolding—to tell him to stop saying weird things and focus on the game, and that he wouldn’t let it slide if he spoke nonsense one more time, but…….
“Wow.”
Mo Yeon-hu froze instantly at the sight of that bright face, lips curling up into a smile as if he had been waiting for this moment. Kwon Mi-eon was looking at Mo Yeon-hu with clear eyes.
“You finally looked at me.”
Despite having sat side-by-side this whole time, he smiled so warmly, like someone who had waited a long time. The moment Mo Yeon-hu saw him, he felt his heart sink.
No, to be precise, it felt like it was sinking, then soaring, then shaking violently from left to right…….
‘Right, my phobia.’
He had forgotten for a moment while absorbed in the game. That he had a Kwon Mi-eon phobia, a Kwon Mi-eon allergy.
As Mo Yeon-hu roughly tore his gaze away from that handsome face that was still beaming foolishly, he heard him chattering disappointedly.
“What, why are you only letting me look for a second? I waited so long, and you only gave me a few seconds.”
“…….”
“Hyung. Yeon-hu Hyung-.”
“…….”
“Wow, now you won’t even answer? I’m hurt. We’re in love, but you’re leaving me so lonely….”
“Shut up.”
Kwon Mi-eon, who had been teasing him in a humming tone, paused.
“You, you….”
Though Mo Yeon-hu’s face was still turned toward the monitor, Kwon Mi-eon could see. Every single part of his skin that was exposed above his clothes—skin that was usually white to the point of being pale.
“If you say one more word, I’m quitting the game….”
…Was bright red.
“So be quiet.”
Seeing Mo Yeon-hu warning him with a trembling voice, the backs of his hands resting on the keyboard also flushed red, the playfulness gradually vanished from Kwon Mi-eon’s face, and he too began to grow serious.
His gaze clung to every part of Mo Yeon-hu, as if he didn’t want to miss a single strand of hair, persisting obsessively as if he were about to lick Mo Yeon-hu’s reddened skin right then and there. Just then.
(Alliance) nnppcc: @All Announcement
Ding! A chat message popped up with a sharp notification sound.
The two, who had their senses heightened to each other’s presence, paused and looked at the screen, and the teammates who had been chatting idly stopped typing.
(Alliance) nnppcc: @All Everyone, please stand by with the 1st floor entrance of the watchtower open.
“…Open?”
“It means unlock the 1st floor.”
“But why?”
In the case of the 1st floor of the watchtower where they currently were, there was a password on the door to prevent non-team members from entering; they were being told to leave it open.
(Alliance) heyua: Isn’t that dangerous?
(Alliance) Oson-dosan: Just do it.
(Alliance) Mid-is-the-best: Got it, opening it now.
The teammates were puzzled, but they were essentially soldiers who had to follow orders.
Just as Mid-is-the-best went down to the 1st floor, entered the password, and changed the door status to ‘Open,’ the door suddenly swung wide.
(Alliance) Mid-is-the-best: Whaaaat
It was clearly opened from the outside. Mid-is-the-best reflexively tried to use a skill in surprise, but there was no way he could swing anything while having no equipment or weapons.
As he simply flailed his hands in the air, the figures that appeared were…….
(Alliance) Neun-sseop: Oops, you were surprised ;
(Alliance) ASAV: lol sry
“They’re system error Alliance Members.”
They were two people from the same Alliance.
(Alliance) Neun-sseop: Hi
(Alliance) ASAV: Hiya
Mo Yeon-hu examined the two. Unlike the Alliance Members who wore no clothes, these two were not only heavily armed with equipment but were also carrying large backpacks…….
“They’re L3.”
They possessed a distinctly higher grade.
‘L3s came in person.’
They were high-grade users he hadn’t encountered in several days. At their appearance, Mo Yeon-hu and Kwon Mi-eon observed them closely to see if they were people they knew, but they weren’t familiar faces.
Even though they must have known the users’ gazes were fixed on them, they were busy chatting and leisurely looking around the watchtower.
(Alliance) Neun-sseop: My my, they really held out well since they’re Reserve Elsas.
(Alliance) ASAV: yeah
(Alliance) Neun-sseop: Seeing as no attacks came in, the tower’s probably fine too.
(Alliance) Neun-sseop: We’re gonna have it easy.
(Alliance) ASAV: Just do it.
After saying that, the two immediately began striding up the stairs.
And as they passed by Mo Yeon-hu and Kwon Mi-eon, who were standing on the stairs.
—Clank, clatter.
Mo Yeon-hu’s gaze shifted at the familiar sound effect of metal clashing. Soon, at the end of his vision, he saw a mechanical arm made of metal rather than a normal human arm.
‘A mechanic?’
…Another mechanic?
‘Were mechanics always this common?’
Maybe they got buffed recently. It felt like he was encountering the mechanic class unusually often.
While he looked on in wonder, the two headed for the roof of the watchtower. Mo Yeon-hu and Kwon Mi-eon, as well as the teammates, followed behind them instinctively…….
—Whishhh!!
As soon as they went up, they heard something flying and crashing. Startled, they looked to the right and saw a cannonball landing on a watchtower some distance away.
“Let’s zoom in.”
“Yeah.”
The moment the two quickly raised their telescopes.
—BOOM!!